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Monotypic taxon: Genus †Pachycephalosaurus Brown & Schlaikjer, 1943 (dinosaur)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation B. Brown & Schlaikjer, 1943
Original name Brown & Schlaikjer, 1943. Bull. Amer. Mus. nat. Hist., 82, 132.

Etymology

Greek παχυς, thick. Ref: Wikimedia: 20 Jun 2016.
Greek κεφαλη, head. Ref: Wikimedia: 20 Jun 2016.
Greek (subst. masc.) σαύρος (gen.: σαύρου), a lizard. Ref: Wikimedia: 20 Jun 2016.

Types

Type ofPachycephalosaurini (Tribe) Sullivan, 2003
TypePachycephalosaurus wyomingensis (Gilmore, 1931) Brown & Schlaikjer, 1943

Synonyms

Synonymous nameDracorex (Genus) Bakker, R. Sullivan, Porter, P. Larson & Saulsbury, 2006 Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous nameStenotholus (Genus) Giffin, Gabriel & Johnson, 1987 Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous nameStygimoloch (Genus) Galton & Sues, 1983 Ref: PBDB: 4 Apr 2017.
IncludingTylosteus (Genus) Leidy, 1872, nom. oblit. Ref: D.B. Weishampel et al. (eds.), 1990: 566.
In (pro parte)Troödon (Genus) Leidy, 1856 Ref: R.M. Sullivan, 2006: 357.
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